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Empowered by the success of the performances of The Vagina Monologues last summer, the cast has formed the Bare Oaks Players. They are joined by several other members of Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park who share a passion for theater and performance. The troupe is now made up of a variety of people aged 17 to 55 with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. They are working to select new pieces to perform throughout the year. Their next event will be June 22 at 1pm. It is called Solstice Potluck Poetry. It’s great to see the creation of a theater troupe at the park.Read More →

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Yesterday, Linda and I attended the premiere of the Untitled Feminist Show at Harbourfront Centre’s Fleck Dance Theatre. This play by Brooklyn-based playwright Young Jean Lee is best described by their press release which states “Without dialogue, clothing or traditional gender signifiers on stage, six performers shake up gender norms and confront matters of sameness, differentiation and the seven stages of womanhood in this unconventional and highly adventurous dance-narrative.” The show is getting good reviews. Naomi Skwarna’s review in Toronto Life is titled “This all-nude burlesque is the weirdest thing ever to hit the Toronto stage—and the must-see event of the season”. We found the show entertaining, engaging,Read More →

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Bare Oaks members are formalizing a troupe that will be focused on producing live nude productions. We are looking for new members. As a starting point, we want to: Solicit pieces that the troupe should review, for consideration Involve people who are interested in joining the troupe, as potential actor, director, production crew, other Get input on what we should formally call this group. (e.g.  Bare Oaks Live Theatre Troupe). We need this by Oct 15th, 2013. Submit your entries please. We need your creativity. If you are interested in joining the troupe or have input to submit for consideration, please let me know viaRead More →

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Due to popular demand, the original cast of the August 9th show during the Naturist Festival has agreed to a repeat performance of The Vagina Monologues this Saturday at 8pm in the Outback at Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park. The cast consists of 6 women aged 17 to 55. They have put a lot of work into this show (planning and rehearsals started in April) and it shows in the result. Their performance is powerful. During the festival, seating was setup for 70 people. About 80 people attended and many were turned away. To ensure you have a seat, pleasecontact the office and reserve. AdmissionRead More →

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An interesting message we received: From: john oswald [crowdpass@6q.com] Date: May 27, 2013 8:35:26 PM EDT Subject: a special event on June 27th (one month from now) Hello, I’m contacting various naturist communities in and near Toronto, in hopes that many of your members and participants will be especially interested in an event that will happen in downtown Toronto on the evening of Thursday June 27th. I’m an artist (and have received some recognition as such, being a Governor General’s Laureate, etc.) who on occasion puts together performances involving large groups of people. The event shown below, at the historic Carlu event space, involved overRead More →

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Bare Oaks there exists a place on earth not unlike the garden of Eden its abundant greenery and exotic wonders release the imagination ignite free thought I come here to escape layers slip away I stand bare feel no shame stripping insecurity whipping out self adoration flaunting a massive character expose truth embrace lumps, bumps, skin, hair know wholeness and beauty outside these confines attractiveness is a layered mask hiding reality  they have eaten rancid fruit gained neither knowledge nor power and paradise has been lost By Emily, 17, staff member at Bare Oaks in the summer of 2011. Note that the alignment is intentionalRead More →

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June 23rd was the official opening of Never Not Naked: Natural Nudes at Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park. It is a solo exhibition of Art Nudes by award-winning Oakville, Ontario photographer Michael Willems. In this exhibition, Willems presents a selection of his Art Nudes, featuring his favourite Life Model in various locations. Juxtapositions are prominent in this work, which is designed to show the beauty of the pure and timeless human form in unexpected contemporary settings. The Nude has been a favourite subject for artists through the centuries, and Willems shows here that “Nude is not Lewd”. Pictures are framed and are for sale; limited edition unframedRead More →

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On International Women’s Day 2012 (March 8) a group of women launched The Nude Photo Revolutionaries Calendar in support of Aliaa Magda Elmahdy. In October 2011, Elmahdy, a 20-year old Egyptian university student, posted a full-length nude photo of herself on her blog in a protest against free-expression and her society’s attitude towards women. The reaction was, not surprisingly, intense and polarizing.  Elmahdy’s blog received millions of visits. She became the target of enumerable death threats. But she also received extensive support from individuals and women’s rights groups including a group of Iranian women and men who risked death by posing nude with slogans against IslamicRead More →